With a view to promote dairying and rural livelihoods in the State, Arunachal Pradesh has signed an MoU with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017.

A State government delegation led by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, and including Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, Parliamentary Secretary PD Sona, and Chief Secretary Shakuntala Gamlin participated in the Summit. It also met NDDB Chairman Dilip Rath at Anand on Tuesday in this regard, NDDB said in a release here.

Rath said that NDDB will provide managerial and technical support to co-operative institutions. NDDB will conduct a study related to milk production and consumption to identify areas of intervention and a breeding policy will be prepared to enhance milch animal productivity.